When it comes to future pandemics, a lack of progress on international health regulation coupled with economic woes may have left the world in a “worse place” than before the onset of Covid-19, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report. The international community’s pandemic-response tools are still inadequate, …
Read More »Sanctions against Moscow hurt vulnerable nations – minister
The accelerating inflation in most developed nations has come as a result of the irresponsible actions of Western financial authorities during the pandemic, worsened by a sanctions campaign against Moscow, according to Russia’s Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov. “The scale of inflationary pressure is unprecedented in the context of recent …
Read More »Red Cross hackers steal info on half a million ‘vulnerable’ people
A massive hack of the International Committee of the Red Cross has compromised information from employees, refugees, detainees, migrants, and family members of all those groups, and the culprit remains unknown. Information on some 515,000 “highly vulnerable” individuals has been stolen the Red Cross revealed on Wednesday in a statement …
Read More »Dorset cop sacked after sleeping with vulnerable woman… while investigating her ex-husband for abuse
PC Sean Ford of Dorset Police was sacked on Friday after a two-day disciplinary hearing found him guilty of gross misconduct, according to multiple media reports. Ford, who is married, was also added to the College of Policing’s Barred List, preventing him from working in policing for an absolute minimum …
Read More »As a GP in the NHS I witnessed first-hand the catastrophic way Matt Hancock failed the old and vulnerable in care homes
As a GP working mainly with elderly patients in care homes and intermediate care I witnessed, at first hand, the absolute disaster that was the government policy at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. Elderly patients who were Covid-19 positive, or not tested, or perhaps even negative, were simply shovelled …
Read More »Love thy neighbor? Putin says religious values of ‘mercy’ & support for vulnerable underpin Russian civilization through history
In a speech to social workers on Tuesday, marking the profession’s national day of recognition, Putin emphasized the importance of helping the vulnerable. “The very values of mercy, love for one’s neighbor, and support for those in need bind and consolidate the entire centuries-old history of our people. They constitute …
Read More »‘We can’t talk about lifting lockdown until vulnerable people are vaccinated’ – UK Home Secretary
Patel said the authorities would focus on protecting the NHS from being overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients, and the relaxation of restrictions would wholly depend on how smoothly the rollout of the immunization campaign went. “It is far too early to even speculate as to when lockdown measures will be eased …
Read More »Events on Capitol Hill show Western democracy is ‘fragile & vulnerable,’ Iran’s president claims
Speaking on Thursday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took a swipe at the democracies of the West, adding that future American leaders should learn from what happened on Wednesday when violent protests on Capitol Hill saw four people die. “What we saw in the United States… shows above all how fragile …
Read More »Better health, less pressure on NHS: 2.5 million vulnerable people to get free supply of Vitamin D in England
The free Vitamin D supplement will be offered to more than 2.5 million people across England, the government announced. Care homes will receive supplies automatically. In the meantime, individuals who are on the “extremely vulnerable” list will get a letter inviting them to apply for four months’ worth of supplements …
Read More »Top UK scientists urge govt to protect most vulnerable from Covid-19 instead of carpet-bombing virus
British scholars penned an open letter to PM Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, as well as health chiefs in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, asking them to urgently reconsider the current epidemic strategy. Authored by Oxford professors Sunetra Gupta and Carl Heneghan, as well as Karol …
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